Chapter 200: Finish to the end
Once the city defense is so bad that half of the city is handed over to the enemy, the city will not be able to defend it, otherwise if there is the slightest possibility of holding the city wall, no general will be willing to choose the cruel battle situation of street fighting. City warfare is not like field warfare, the large phalanx can be spread out on the ridge road, in the field, the corporal is relieved because of the robe, and the battle is particularly brave; There was no battle in the streets, and the soldiers rushed into the market, clearing all the enemy troops they saw, house by house.
This kind of war, which sounds simple, can in some cases become the most tragic struggle.
Let's say, the enemy has a strong will to fight.
Usually the generals who came from a rough background knew how to fight the enemy in the streets, because they grew up in the streets, and the streets and alleys of each city were mostly similar. Jiang Jin was one of the experts, and when he stood at the head of the city, he immediately pressed his subordinates who were trying to rush into the streets and alleys to fight the enemy, and ordered to stop the pursuit.
"Stop the pursuit!"
This small city in Jingbei is not majestic, it is square on all sides, although it is not large, it is not conducive to the Yan army to occupy an advantage in street battles. Standing on the north city wall and looking down, you can see most of the city, Jiang Jin pointed to the distance and frowned: "There is water in the city, the source is a moat, and there is a secret road." If there is water, there is a bridge, and the army on both wings was ordered to suppress the defenders of the city walls on the east and west sides, and then divide the troops to go down to the city, hold the main street of the city gate, and drive the enemy to the center; The Chinese army stopped on the main street to search the streets and alleys, and did not let go of a single house, especially those high-gate compounds, and chose wrestler shooters to guard and block the adjacent streets and alleys. ”
From childhood to adulthood, Jiang Jin has been fighting in Jixian County, but his real participation in the city war can be traced back to the battle when he followed Yanbei to capture Jizhou and capture Gaolan during the Erzhang Rebellion. Although he was fortunate enough to escape the moment when Gao Ran showed his might in the city, he faced Gao Ran with his bare hands in the last county official temple...... In the end, although Gao Ran was captured, Jiang Jin was also beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.
It didn't matter if he was cleaned up by Gao Ran, the important thing was that Jiang Jin remembered that he was the first to capture the Gaomen Mansion in the city battle, and with the help of the high-walled bow and crossbow, he could defend three times the enemy in the street battle. It coincides with the city of Caiyang, there are countless Gaomen lords, this is the hometown of Guangwu Liu Xiu, although it is not the capital, but there are many old soldiers who accompanied Guangwu to live here, leaving many mansions in the city. Now, these big mansions are now in Jiang Jin's heart.
Since Jiang Jin's general order, the Liao army, which was fighting on the eastern and western city walls, stepped up its offensive, and the demoralized defenders of Jingzhou were already crumbling on the city, and there is no doubt that they fled south of the city with the catapults joining the battlefield. Even the most brilliant generals could not stop the army from trembling under the catapults - the originally fierce and fierce sergeants fearlessly formed a formation to meet the enemy, and then were smashed to pieces by a stone projectile.
No one could withstand the tremendous pressure of the robe turning into a pool of flesh in the blink of an eye.
With the defeat of the defenders to the south, the Liao army occupied the east, west and north three city walls, in addition to dealing with the stubborn defenders in the south of the city wall, there was still the spare strength to encircle the defenders in the city according to Jiang Jin's orders.
Su Fei led the army to guard the official temple in the south of the city, which has now become the camp of his Chinese army. With Guansi as the center, the streets and alleys and houses on all sides were full of his subordinates, and these Jingzhou soldiers who had no choice but to retreat at the head of the city were full of anger in the streets and alleys, and even gave the Liao army a heavy blow on the main street for a time.
Gan Ning did not defend the city wall, galloped to the official temple, and dragged Su Fei and hurriedly said: "I retreat to the river bank for the vanguard, this battle can still be fought, if I don't retreat to the death, it will be all gone, why guard!" ”
Su Fei looked at the anxious Gan Ning but couldn't speak, and didn't even ask why Gan Ning withdrew from the city, but just looked at the north of the city in a daze, and the sound of the enemy's shouting and killing was getting closer and closer, and Pao Ze was killed every moment, but he couldn't make up his mind.
Since last year, Su Fei seems to have been left to escape, escape, escape. The battle of Jiangxia, he accompanied Huang Zu to attack the east, and then withdrew because Liu Mian declared war in the north, and then wanted to wave his division to the north, and was caught up by Liu Bei's soldiers who followed him, and the encounter fought most of Jiangxia from east to west, and the five counties were all broken, and the last battle Huang Zu was beheaded by Guan Yu, the Jiangxia army was defeated, and Su Fei fled back to Xiangyang with the remnants of the defeated soldiers.
coincided with the southward movement of the Beizhou army, he felt that his face was gloomy, and he wrote to Liu Biao to ask him to take over the defense of Caiyang, and the armor and ordnance were fully equipped, and tens of thousands of soldiers were allocated for him to drive, but this was still like a mantis arm as a car compared with the Liao army...... The Duliao army has the backing of the northern states, but what does he have?
Cai Yangjun has nothing, and he can't even contact Deng County, which is a horn of each other, and he is alone in the city, so where is the long-term way?
But he didn't want to run anymore.
"Youyang, Su ran away; Xiling, Su ran away; In Pingchun, Su still ran away; Now in Caiyang, Xingba ......" Su Fei said and suddenly choked up and couldn't speak, and it took a while to raise his head, "I'm not running." ”
"Huh!"
Gan Ning sneered suddenly, and asked with a stiff face, "You're not running away?" You don't run, others can't run, let the soldiers fight in front, you are here looking forward and thinking about your own reputation and missing the fighter, you don't call it not running, you call it scared! Left and right, arrest you all and withdraw from Cai Yang! ”
As soon as Gan Ning's voice fell, Su Fei threw his sword and said angrily: "Who dares!" ”
Suddenly, the left and right sergeants of the official temple were at a loss, looking at Su Fei and then at Gan Ning, they didn't move for a while. They all knew that Gan Ning was going to take them to life, and they also knew that Su Fei was going to take them to death, but it was an honor to be loyal to the Lord, and it was shameful to steal a life...... Though who doesn't want to be alive?
Gan Ning's eyes swept over the sergeants in the official temple, and his eyes seemed to be carrying a sword that made the other person hang his head, and finally swept behind him, and with just one look, two rows of sergeants dismounted and said 'offend' and tied Su Fei to the horse.
"The order, the Caiyang garrison is commanded by me Gan Xingba, and those who are not satisfied will stay in the city and break off. The rest of the people slowly went out of the city by land and water from the south gate, and the cavalry marched out of the city in a formation after the crossbow in front, and those who panicked were killed! Gan Ning threw down the banner and pointed at the people in the official temple, and when he saw that the people still didn't make any moves, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Don't go quickly!" ”
"Gan Ning, you let me down, you are ruining my reputation, how can Su be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so what kind of face do I have to see Liu Gong again! You put me down! ”
"General Su, listen well, Jiangxia people, only you Su Fei can afford Gan, and you will definitely not see you send Beizhou people to death. General Gan led his troops to fortify on the south bank of the river, which was regarded as a tribute to Liu Gongnian's grace. As for you, even if you die in Caiyang, you won't be able to see Liu Gong, so you don't need to save face to see him. Gan Ning said as he turned over his horse and whipped his mount, shouting: "If you want to fight with the Yan family, then keep a useful body, and you can turn over the river and waves on the water." Even if Jingzhou can't hold Jiangdong, Huang Zu is dead, and no one in Jingzhou wants to block my Jinfan! ”
"Even if Jiangdong falls, it's a big deal to follow Lao Tzu as a water thief, and one of the Yan clan's warships will be counted as one, and all of them will be sunk! Survive and fight with the Yan family to the end! ”